Antibiotic Resistance Research
Antibiotics have been used in the United States for many years which has led to a reduction in illness and death from infection and diseases. The over usage in farms has led to major antibiotic resistance and a public health threat. So famers need to be more careful with the way they use their antibiotics. If farmers do not use antibiotics more cautiously our public health is going to have a major health issue. Some of the things we should be concerned about is, how do the farmers use antibiotics in animals feed. How do the farmers spray and inject antibiotic chemicals into our plants. What is the percentage of antibiotics used in each animal or acre for crops? What happens if a human gets the antibiotic resistance? …show more content…
Forty percent is used in our livestock feed, and the other thirty percent is used to medicate our livestock. “Estimates allocate 0.5 million k.g to the poultry, 1.4 million k.g to the swine, and 0.4 million k.g to other animals such as companion animals.” Clearly our animals are getting plenty of antibiotics because that is just the percentage that is given in the livestock’s feed. They still get medicated for the diseases they might have and any bacteria they may have inside of them already. When animals consume the medicated feed they do not digest all of the medication. It spreads throughout their body to kill any bad bacteria or viruses. This is what it is supposed to do, but when the farmer starts to use the antibiotics to prevent the spread of a disease, it goes into the system and stays there because it has nothing to fight off and then goes in to the meat we consume. This is when it starts to become a public health …show more content…
Our farmers use manure from all kinds of different livestock such as cattle, pigs, turkeys, and poultry. Well all the manure that is used as fertilizer is most likely to contain antibiotics in it. “Around ninety percent of the drugs that are administrated to the animals end up being excreted either as urine or manure. “ As the soil gets used year after year, it starts to collect more and more antibiotics into it. “If grown for a full season drugs most likely will find their way into parts of the plants that humans consume.
Antibiotics have been used in the United States for many years which has led to a reduction in illness and death from infection and diseases. The over usage in farms has led to major antibiotic resistance and a public health threat. So famers need to be more careful with the way they use their antibiotics. If farmers do not use antibiotics more cautiously our public health is going to have a major health issue. Some of the things we should be concerned about is, how do the farmers use antibiotics in animals feed. How do the farmers spray and inject antibiotic chemicals into our plants. What is the percentage of antibiotics used in each animal or acre for crops? What happens if a human gets the antibiotic resistance? …show more content…
Forty percent is used in our livestock feed, and the other thirty percent is used to medicate our livestock. “Estimates allocate 0.5 million k.g to the poultry, 1.4 million k.g to the swine, and 0.4 million k.g to other animals such as companion animals.” Clearly our animals are getting plenty of antibiotics because that is just the percentage that is given in the livestock’s feed. They still get medicated for the diseases they might have and any bacteria they may have inside of them already. When animals consume the medicated feed they do not digest all of the medication. It spreads throughout their body to kill any bad bacteria or viruses. This is what it is supposed to do, but when the farmer starts to use the antibiotics to prevent the spread of a disease, it goes into the system and stays there because it has nothing to fight off and then goes in to the meat we consume. This is when it starts to become a public health …show more content…
Our farmers use manure from all kinds of different livestock such as cattle, pigs, turkeys, and poultry. Well all the manure that is used as fertilizer is most likely to contain antibiotics in it. “Around ninety percent of the drugs that are administrated to the animals end up being excreted either as urine or manure. “ As the soil gets used year after year, it starts to collect more and more antibiotics into it. “If grown for a full season drugs most likely will find their way into parts of the plants that humans consume.